September 26, 2019

The ABC's of Action Verbs to Include on a Resume

Your resume is the first impression a company has of you, action verbs help portray the energy associated with the work you did!

       A        

achieved

acted

adapted

addressed

adjusted

administered

advertised

advised

advocated

aided

allocated

analyzed

answered

appointed

appraised

approved

arbitrated

arranged

articulated

assembled

assessed

assigned

assisted

attained

audited

authored

authorized

       B        

balanced

based

began

bettered

built

       C        

calculated

cataloged

chaired

clarified

classified

coached

coded

collaborated

collected

compared

combined

communicated

compiled

completed

composed

computed

conceptualized

condensed

conducted

conferred

conserved

considered

consolidated

constructed

consulted

contracted

contributed

controlled

converted

conveyed

convinced

coordinated

corrected

corresponded

counseled

created

critiqued

customized

       D        

debated

debugged

decided

defined

delegated

demonstrated

described

designed

detected

determined

developed

diagnosed

directed

discussed

displayed

distributed

drafted

drew

       E        

edited

educated

elicited

eliminated

emphasized

enabled

encouraged

enforced

engineered

enhanced

enlisted

ensured

entertained

established

estimated

evaluated

examined

exceeded

executed

expanded

expedited

experimented

explained

explored

expressed

extracted

       F        

fabricated

facilitated

familiarize

fashioned

filed

focused

formulated

fortified

founded

furnished

furthered

       G        

gathered

generated

globalized

governed

guided

       H        

halved

handled

harmonized

harnessed

headed

helped

hired

hosted

       I        

identified

illustrated

implemented

improved

incorporated

increased

individualized

influenced

initiated

inspected

installed

instilled

instituted

instructed

insured

integrated

interacted

interpreted

intervened

interviewed

introduced

invented

investigated

involved

       J        

joined

judged

justified

       K        

kindled

       L        

lectured

led

listened

located

logged

       M        

maintained

managed

marketed

measured

mediated

merged

modeled

moderated

modified

monitored

motivated

       N        

narrated

narrowed

navigated

negotiated

normalized

       O        

observed

obtained

operated

ordered

organized

originated

outlined

overhauled

oversaw

       P        

participated

performed

persuaded

photographed

pioneered

planned

prepared

presented

presided

printed

prioritized

processed

produced

programmed

projected

promoted

proposed

provided

publicized

purchased

       Q        

qualified

questioned

quickened

       R        

recommended

reconciled

recorded

recruited

rectified

Reduced

referred

registered

regulated

rehabilitated

reinforced

remodeled

repaired

replaced

reported

researched

responded

restored

retrieved

reviewed

revised

revitalized

       S        

scheduled

streamlined

screened

searched

set goals

set up

shaped

simplified

simulated

solicited

solved

spearheaded

specialized

specified

spoke

standardized

stimulated

strengthened

studied

submitted

succeeded

suggested

summarized

supervised

supplied

supported

surveyed

synthesized

systematized

       T        

taught

terminated

tested

trained

translated

transmitted

tutored

       U        

uncovered

unified

updated

upgraded

utilized

       V        

validated

verified

volunteered

       W        

widened

won

wrote

       Y        

yielded

       Z        

zoned

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